Guests:Ingolfur Blühdorn – Vienna University of Economics and Business
Giuseppe Delmestri – Vienna University of Economics and Business
Verena Madner – Vienna University of Economics and Business
Andreas Novy – Vienna University of Economics and Business

Panel chair:
Fred Luks – Head of the Competence Center for Sustainability, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Organised by:Competence Center for Sustainability, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)

Guests:Steffen Bettin – The Society for Pluralism in Economics ViennaHelga Kromp-Kolb – Head of the Center for Global Change and Sustainability at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)
Bernd Siebenhüner – Professor for Ecological Economics and Vice President of the University Oldenburg (2010-2015)
Hans Stötter – Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck

Panel chair:Fred Luks – Head of the Competence Center for Sustainability, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Migration is a crucial factor for the economic and social wealth for Europe, facing rapid demographic change of aging societies and low fertility rates. Shrinking labour force and skill shortages are some of the most pressing consequences in economic terms. However, especially in economically vulnerable and hard times with high unemployment and tight public budgets, migration is also a challenge that Europe has to cope with. Therefore and in order to convert this challenge into a benefit, clear and fair rules for legal migration are a prerequisite but only the first step. Challenges and chances of current migration flows are the key topic of this session, highlighting/looking for best-practices and ways to derive maximum benefit from these changing framework conditions.

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Growth in Transition

Just now – in the light of the current financial and economic crisis and intensive efforts for achieving economic growth – the question emerges which kind of growth we want for the future and which goals are targeted with it.

The project “Growth in Transition” intends to trigger a dialogue among institutions and people about how we can shape this transformation process towards sustainability. It also aims at contributing to current EU and international processes and at informing the Austrian public about them (e.g. the EU initiative “Beyond GDP”).